Staten Island Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		72.5%	71.7%	69.9%	68.0%
Disabled population			7.1%	7.2%	7.7%
Foreign-born population	16.4%	20.9%	21.4%	23.5%	25.6%
Population	443,728	477,377	469,363	476,143	493,494
Population aged 65+	11.6%	11.8%	12.7%	16.7%	17.0%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	38.5%	38.7%	36.8%	31.1%	32.5%
Single-person households		21.6%	21.4%	23.6%	24.9%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	5.6%	7.4%	7.8%	10.7%	11.4%
Percent Black	8.9%	9.4%	9.6%	9.5%	8.8%
Percent Hispanic	12.1%	14.9%	17.4%	18.6%	18.7%
Percent white	71.3%	66.8%	64.1%	59.5%	57.5%
Racial diversity index	0.47	0.52	0.54	0.59	0.61
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		4.3	5.3	4.3	4.7
Median household income (2022$)	$96,440	$96,430	$90,850	$100,150	$91,310
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$117,390	$115,090	$125,240	$111,370
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$45,960	$41,300	$54,640	$48,490
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.2%	11.8%	8.3%	11.5%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		11.0%	11.8%	8.0%	10.9%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		11.8%	17.1%	12.5%	15.6%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		61.8%	58.7%	61.6%	58.4%
Population aged 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	26.8%	30.7%	36.2%	37.4%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		12.1%	12.0%	11.0%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	5.89%	5.36%	9.06%	3.99%	7.52%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	63.8%	72.0%	69.6%	65.7%	69.8%
Housing units		177,353	176,696	181,765	184,154
Rental vacancy rate			7.6%	6.5%	6.2%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		19.0	37.2	38.4	33.4	47.9
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			1.9%	2.8%	4.4%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		131.5	164.8	160.8	151.0	186.1
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	6.8	8.5	14.6	7.8	3.0	5.2
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	735	994	1,722	938	366	623
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	690	757	1,392	403	98	248
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	31	228	317	521	259	369
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				51.8	20.0	44.5
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				6,145	2,382	5,309
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	6	55	181
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		1.1%	31.1%	11.9%	10.7%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		21.6%	0.5%	6.7%	5.3%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		29.6%	1.9%	2.5%	0.8%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		41.9	20.4	27.1	41.3
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		8.3%	9.9%	7.5%	5.7%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		2.8%	5.3%	11.6%	16.1%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		61.7	25.8	29.3	62.0
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	3,608	3,786	1,811	2,560	3,209	3,176
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	1,296	1,637	670	943	1,100	1,354
Sales volume, 5+ family building	7	23	16	16	11	14
Sales volume, condominium	532	619	356	461	652	555
Sales volume, all property types	5,443	6,065	2,853	3,980	4,972	5,099
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$356,870	$590,140	$510,610	$612,390	$636,620	$639,440
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$230,970	$351,240	$306,170	$393,020	$411,150	$395,000
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$93,470	$142,280	$115,080	$135,130	$176,840	$199,000
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$212,430	$393,470	$323,190	$384,660	$403,190	$405,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	190.2	174.9	242.3	269.6	284.1
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	198.7	162.1	245.8	262.1	271.9
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	176.1	185.0	166.7	440.7	434.2
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	225.7	202.2	279.3	297.7	315.5
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	196.9	176.1	247.9	272.3	285.5
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						118
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						10
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						815
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						17
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						2,913
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						27
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						3,827
Public Housing (properties)						13
Public Housing (units)						4,506
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						1
Mitchell-Lama (units)						536
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						38
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						1,572
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						13
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						1,310
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						36
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						10
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						511
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						9
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						1,936
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						21
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						3,406

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		8.3	8.2	8.3	8.6
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	2,660	5	369	582	437	880
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	3,364	1,856	627	654	644	462

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	31.6%	35.8%	33.0%	34.2%	25.7%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	43.9	42.6	40.1	46.4	41.1
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)	10.5	7.6	6.3	5.1	5.2	6.6
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)	7.8	5.5	4.2	3.1	3.4	4.4
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)	2.7	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.7	2.2
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				53.5%		49.7%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				54.8%		46.8%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,600	$1,680	$1,830
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,260	$1,390	$1,470	$1,450	$1,530
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,600	$1,560	$1,750
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,210	$1,200	$1,290
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			12.9%	8.0%	7.6%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			62.5%	77.7%	69.7%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			96.7%	97.7%	97.1%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		24.7%	25.1%	25.8%	23.0%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			29.6%	30.1%	31.8%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			19.7%	10.1%	6.6%
Severely rent-burdened households	21.5%		30.7%	30.4%	29.5%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			44.8%	39.7%	41.9%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.6%	0.1%	0.5%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			5.4%	5.6%
Public housing (% of rental units)						8.2%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 493,494 people in Staten Island, of which 11.4% identified as Asian, 8.8% identified as Black, 18.7% identified as Hispanic, and 57.5% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Staten Island in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (39.3%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly lower share of 38.9%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Staten Island in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $91,310, about 27% more than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Staten Island was 11.5% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Staten Island was 11.5% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

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The rent distribution shows the share of apartments by their size (according to the number of bedrooms), and then for each apartment size in the community district, the share of apartments according to their monthly gross rent. This distribution compares 5-year ACS figures from 2010 to 5-year ACS figures from 2021.

Graph showing the distribution of rents in Staten Island in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Staten Island increased from $1,390 in 2006 to $1,530 in 2021. This represents a 10.1% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median gross rent outpaced the change in median household income by 4.6 percentage points. In 2021, 29.5% of renter households in Staten Island were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 69.7% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 7 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 8.2% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Staten Island was 6.2% in 2021.

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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in Staten Island from 2006 to 2021.

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8.2% of the rental units in Staten Island are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Staten Island was 69.8%, which is higher than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 0.2 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 41.3 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 62.0 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Staten Island, 5.3% and 0.8% were high cost loans, respectively. 623 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Staten Island in 2022. There were 5.2 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 5.2 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Staten Island in 2022.

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 462 residential units in new buildings in Staten Island in 2022, 182 fewer than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 462 residential units in new buildings in Staten Island last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 1,284 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Staten Island. 26% were market rate, compared to 80% that were income-targeted. We use data from a variety of sources to count the number of income-restricted units targeted to households earning between 80% and 165% of AMI. However, due to restricted availability of granular data our calculations of income-restricted units should be read as conservative estimates. Read more about our methodology in the technical appendix of the 2021 Focus Report.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS

The serious crime rate was 6.6 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 6.6 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

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Data Notes: See CoreData User Guide for more information about indicator definitions and methods.

Indicators: The rental vacancy rate, severe crowding rate, and the severely rent-burdened households indicators use five-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates. Data under the 2010 heading comes from the 2006 – 2010 ACS, data under the 2019 heading comes from the 2015 – 2019 ACS and data under the 2021 heading comes from 2017 – 2021 ACS .